2008 Conference Football Schedule Saturday, October 4, 2008 Benedictine @ Aurora Maranatha @ Concordia Wisconsin Rockford @ Lakeland Wisconsin Lutheran @ Concordia Chicago Saturday, October 11, 2008 Aurora @ Maranatha Concordia Chicago @ Rockford Concordia Wisconsin @ Benedictine Lakeland @ Wisconsin Lutheran Saturday, October 18, 2008 Concordia Wisconsin @ Aurora Lakeland @ Concordia Chicago Maranatha @ Benedictine Rockford @ Wisconsin Lutheran Saturday, October 25, 2008 Aurora @ Rockford Benedictine @ Lakeland Concordia Chicago @ Maranatha Wisconsin Lutheran @ Concordia Wis. Saturday, November 1, 2008 Concordia Chicago @ Concordia Wis. Lakeland @ Maranatha Rockford @ Benedictine Wisconsin Lutheran @ Aurora Saturday, November 8, 2008 Aurora @ Concordia Chicago Benedictine @ Wisconsin Lutheran Concordia Wisconsin @ Lakeland Maranatha @ Rockford Saturday, November 15, 2008 Concordia Chicago @ Benedictine Lakeland @ Aurora Rockford @ Concordia Wisconsin Wisconsin Lutheran @ Maranatha

Northern Athletics Conference releases 2008 football schedule
VERONA, Wis. -- The inaugural football schedule for the Northern Athletics Conference has just been released by the conference office. The 2008 season marks the first season of competition for NAC members in the sport of football.

Northern Athletics Conference commissioner Dr. G. Steven Larson is looking forward to the new addition to the conference.

"The Northern Athletics Conference is very pleased and excited to announce the addition of football as a conference sport beginning in the fall of 2008," said Larson. "Currently our eight football teams are competing in three different conferences. We feel this will be an outstanding opportunity for our student-athletes, coaches, and institutions to compete on the conference level as members of NCAA III all under one roof. This will create natural rivalries that will generate great fan enthusiasm and add another element to campus life at our institutions."

The Northern Athletics Conference waited two years to begin football as a conference sport so the members could give a two-year notice to their current football conferences.

Since the formation of the NAC in the fall of 2006 the eight football programs have competed in the Illini-Badger Football Conference, Upper Midwest Athletic Conference and Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association.

Aurora University, Benedictine University, Concordia University Chicago, Concordia University Wisconsin and Lakeland College are currently competing in the IBFC. Maranatha Baptist Bible College and Rockford College are current members of the UMAC, while Wisconsin Lutheran College competes in the MIAA for football.

With the addition of football the NAC will now sponsor eighteen NCAA III sports.

"We are looking forward to many exciting football Saturdays next fall and in the years to come," remarks Larson.

The NAC consists of 13 colleges and universities from the shared-border states of Illinois and Wisconsin making it the third largest conference in NCAA Division III.

Northern Athletics Conference, Sports Information Department, October 17, 2007.